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Clerk of the Course: Paul Rooke & Dai Lloyd
Route: 98 Miles
Maps: 135 146 & 147
Starters: 71
Winners: Gary Jones/Dave Pitchford (Toyota Corolla)
Gary Jones/Dave Pitchford (Toyota Corolla) took their second successive rally win when they were declared winners of the Barcud Road Rally. However unlike their triumph on the Pacemaker the previous month, this victory was decided by their smaller engine size - eleven crews finished the rally clear of any penalties and a tie break was used.
The Tregaron based event saw 71 crews tackle a 98 mile route, much of the first half of which used the tracks in the Twyi Forest. The second half used the lanes to the south and west of Tregaron, but despite this eleven crews completed the entire route without falling behind their time schedule. The matter was then decided by the engine capacity recorded on the entry form.
Jones/Pitchford were duly declared the winners, a suitable reward as they reached the finish despite a failing gearbox on their Corolla. Wayne Pickergill/Dylan Evans were given the runner up spot, their Peugeot 205 losing out by seven cubic centimetres.
Two Semi-Expert crews were amongst those with clean sheets – Barry Davies/Mark Davies in an 1600cc Escort were placed third, while Gary Thomas/Phillip Ralph (Vauxhall Astra) were awarded fifth.
In 1998 Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins had won the Barcud event on an engine capacity tie-break, in 2003 they found, of all the crews with clean sheets, they had the largest engine; they were therefore classified in eleventh place.
Top seeds Gareth Jones/Darren Garrod (Ford Escort RS2000) were one of a number of crews who picked up just a few seconds penalty as they entered regularity time controls slightly off their time; there total was 3 seconds, one second from one ITC and two from another.
Ian 'Dude' Roberts/Brynmor Pierce (VW Golf GTi) and Kevin 'KJ' Jones/Matthew Maidement (Ford Sierra 4x4) lost time after picking up punctures in the forestry. The latter crew were later excluded for a give way offence, as were Mark Lloyd/Delyth Morgan (Peugeot 205 GTi).
Mark Price/Roger Evans (Ford Escort) finished in 52nd place; they picked up a fail after booking in early at a time control. Glyn Price/Iwan Jones lost seven minutes after a fire in their Escort, they finished in 44th place.
There was a close battle for the Novice class win, with Gareth Thomas/Edwin Venville (Peugeot 205) taking first place, with Paul Williams/Roger Harris (Vauxhall Astra) just fifteen seconds behind.
OVERALL RESULTS
Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
1 | Gary Jones | Dave Pitchford | Toyota Corolla | 0m 00s | |
2 | Wayne Pickersgill | Dylan Evans | Peugeot 205 GTi | 0m 00s | |
3 | Barry Davies | Mark Davies | Ford Escort | 0m 00s | |
4 | Delfryns Owen | Jeff James | Renault Clio RSi | 0m 00s | |
5 | Gary Thomas | Phil Ralphs | Vauxhall Astra | 0m 00s | |
6 | Jon Stobbs | Gary Robbins | Mazda 323 | 0m 00s | |
7 | David Watts | Iestyn ap Dafydd | Peugeot 205 GTi | 0m 00s | |
8 | Gerwyn Jones | Ceri Davies | Ford Escort | 0m 00s | |
8 | Ceri Richard | Aled Jones | Ford Escort | 0m 00s | |
8 | Daniel 'Lwni' Jones | Owen Dodd | Ford Escort | 0m 00s | |
11 | Martyn O'Connor | Peter Collins | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 0m 00s | |
12 | Steve Wood | Wyn Lewis | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 0m 01s | |
13 | Darren Williams | Dylan Jones | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 0m 01s | |
14 | Mark Daniel | Hywel Ifans | Peugeot 205 GTi | 0m 02s | |
15 | Wayne Edwards | Sharon Jarvis | Suzuki Swift | 0m 03s | |
16 | Gareth 'Gog' Jones | Patrick Walsh | Ford Escort RS | 0m 03s | |
17 | Geraint Davies | Aled Richards | Peugeot 205 GTi | 0m 04s | |
18 | Sean Crowley | Alex Crowley | Ford Escort | 0m 04s | |
19 | Sion Jones | John Hands | Ford Escort | 0m 06s | |
20 | John Morris | Vicky Price | Peugeot 309 | 0m 07s | |
21 | Nigel Nelson | Rob Richardson | Vauxhall Astra | 0m 11s | |
22 | Alyson Acreman | Byron Jones | Honda Civic VTi | 0m 21s | |
23 | Dewi Williams | Wyn Davies | Peugeot 205 GTi | 0m 22s | |
24 | Howard Price | Steve Herbert | Ford Escort | 0m 22s | |
25 | Gareth Thomas | Edwin Venville | Peugeot 205 | 0m 32s | |
26 | Richard James | Eurig Davies | Vauxhall Astra | 0m 43s | |
27 | Paul Williams | Roger Harris | Vauxhall Astra | 0m 47s | |
28 | Dai Jones | Rob Fearn | Ford Escort | 1m 23s | |
29 | Gary Jenkins | Eric Tong | Peugeot 205 GTi | 1m 28s | |
30 | Wayne James | Jenny James | Peugeot 205 GTi | 1m 30s | |
31 | Mike James | Richard Evans | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 1m 32s | |
32 | Geoff Williams | Delyth Brown | Vauxhall Nova | 1m 56s | |
33 | Doreen Davies | Anthony Davies | Vauxhall Astra SRi | 2m 21s | |
34 | Ian 'Dude' Roberts | Brynmor Pierce | VW Golf GTi | 2m 52s | |
35 | Michael Rogers | Meirion Rees | Peugeot 205 GTi | 3m 01s | |
36 | Kevin Jones | Matthew Maidment | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 3m 15s | |
37 | Jason Harris | Geraint Jones | Peugeot 205 GTi | 4m 09s | |
38 | Ian Furniss | Russell Roberts | Peugeot 205 GTi | 5m 43s | |
39 | Rob Chell | Rob Thomas | Peugeot 205 GTi | 5m 59s | |
40 | Robert Brown | Alex Gill | Peugeot 309 GTi | 6m 10s | |
41 | Chris Thompson | Justin Talboys-Cotton | VW Golf | 6m 52s | |
42 | Ian Williams | Mark Kehrein | Ford Escort | 6m 52s | |
43 | Steven John Williams | Geoff Williams | Peugeot 205 GTi | 6m 59s | |
44 | Glyn Price | Iwan Jones | Ford Escort | 7m 01s | |
45 | Rhian Morgan | Dalis Ifans | Honda Civic | 7m 29s | |
46 | Roger Davies | John Holder | Ford Escort | 7m 49s | |
47 | Mark Coleman | Christian Coleman | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 9m 43s | |
48 | Katie Martin | Karen Morgan | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 11m 27s | |
49 | Aled Davies | Lee Plant | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 12m 05s | |
50 | D H Lloyd | Huw Lloyd | Ford Escort | 17m 26s | |
51 | Chris Wood | Steven Wyatt | Peugeot 106 | 26m 07s | |
52 | Mark Price | Roger Evans | Ford Escort | 1F 00m 18s | |
53 | Thomas Davies | Huw Jones | Ford Escort | 1F 00m 35s | |
54 | Rob Price | Lionel Plant | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 1F 02m 01s | |
55 | Mark Roberts | Aled Jones | VW Golf | 1F 04m 38s | |
56 | John Williams | Jack Fowler | Ford Escort | 1F 06m 31s | |
57 | Iwan Jones | Vicky Hill | Vauxhall Astra | 1F 10m 58s | |
58 | Keith Evans | Philip Evans | Vauxhall Nova | 1F 14m 18s | |
59 | Irfon Richards | Wedros Jones | Citroen AX GT | 1F 30m 06s | |
60 | Dafydd Lewis | Andrew Edwards | Ford Escort RS | 2F 08m 36s | |
61 | Simon Bevan | Richard Baker | Ford Escort XR3i | 2F 18m 19s |